NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 17
HOUSE BILL 204

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-16 RELATIVE TO THE LENGTH OF PROBATION AND LICENSE SUSPENSION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 20-16(c) is hereby amended by rewriting the first two sentences of the last paragraph thereof to read as follows:
"In the discretion of the Department, a period of probation not to exceed one year may be substituted for suspension or for any unexpired period of suspension under subsections (a)(1) through (a)(10a) of this section. Any violation of probation during the probation period shall result in a suspension for the unexpired remainder of the suspension period."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 20-16(d) is hereby amended by rewriting the fourth and fifth sentences thereof, as contained in lines 13 through 21, to read as follows:
"Provided further upon such hearing, preliminary or otherwise, involving subsections (a)(1) through (a)(10a) of this section, the Department may for good cause appearing in its discretion substitute a period of probation not to exceed one year for the suspension or for any unexpired period of suspension. Probation shall mean any written agreement between the suspended driver and a duly authorized representative of the Department and such period of probation shall not exceed one year, and any violation of the probation agreement during the probation period shall result in a suspension for the unexpired remainder of the suspension period."
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective on July 1, 1973.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of February, 1973.